Trump Claps Back At NBC News Host In Segment That Didn’t Air On TV
President Donald shut down NBC News host Tom Llamas when he pushed an artificial intelligence (AI) job-loss narrative during a segment that did not air on “Nightly News with Tom Llamas” on Wednesday. During the extended…
President Donald shut down NBC News host Tom Llamas when he pushed an artificial intelligence (AI) job-loss narrative during a segment that did not air on “Nightly News with Tom Llamas” on Wednesday.
During the extended interview posted to YouTube on Wednesday, Llamas insisted that AI was “killing” numerous jobs. Trump disagreed and asserted that a record number of Americans were currently employed.
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“AI has already started to take jobs because the technology’s there,” Llamas said.
“We have, it was just announced, more jobs right now occupied in the United States of America than at any time during its existence, 250 years,” Trump retorted. “There are more people working today than at any time in the history of our country. Pretty good stat.”
Llamas stuttered in response.
“That kills that question,” Trump quipped. “That’s a good answer. That kills that question.”
The NBC News host continued by noting many Americans were worried about AI eliminating jobs, but Trump expressed optimism.
“They said the internet was gonna do — everything was gonna do,” the president said. “Robots are gonna kill jobs. Everything’s gonna kill jobs. And you end up, if you’re smart, doing great.”